Signal Upgrade for Maine Public Broadcasting

Grant Helps with MPBN Upgrade

The rural areas of Maine will be getting improved signals from Maine Public Broadcasting (MPBN). Thanks to a grant from  U.S. Dept of Agriculture's Rural Development Program MPBN will be able to replace old technology for signal distribution with digital technology.  MPBN is one of 10 public media outlets in the country to be awarded the grant. The money will go to replace microwave technology currently in use to get their signal around the state. That technology can be unreliable.  

The increased community service does not end there. This announcement comes on the heels of an announcement earlier this week that MPBN will be broadcasting programming from the State Capitol.  
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